(NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) are both often considered stable blue-chip plays for long-term investors. Apple's iPhone dominates the premium smartphone market, and its other hardware devices and sticky software services continuously lock in its customers. Alibaba is China's largest e-commerce and cloud company, and it also owns one of the country's largest streaming video platforms.

But over the past six months, Apple's stock dipped 4% as Alibaba's stock dropped 9%. Let's see why these two stalwarts floundered, and if either stock is worth buying right now.

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